By Kebba JeffangThe Bansang Magistrates’ Court presided over by traveling MagistrateLamin Bittaye on Thursday, January 28, 2016 issued a bench warrant forDemfaye Basic Cycle principal Lamin Camara after he failed to attendthe proceedings for the second consecutive time.Court also ordered the arrest of all the 3 sureties who bailed theaccused person for failing to facilitate his presence in court.The court on Thursday indicated that the accused person has failed toappear in court to answer the two count charges preferred against himnamely the ‘false news publication and broadcasting’ and ‘the libel’which he denied in his plea, earlier this month. After it was notedthat the accused person had been absent for two consecutiveproceedings and that no information was communicated to them as to whyhe has not been coming, the court ordered that a bench warrant beissued for him to be brought before it.The trial magistrate also ordered for the detention of the sureties ifthey could not provide a title deed.Foroyaa has confirmed from the court clerk that the 3 sureties werearrested yesterday and detained at Bansang police station for failingto secure the attendance of the accused person in court. Each of thesureties had fulfilled a bail bond of D100, 000 to the registrar on the4th January, 2015 to end the two weeks detention of the accused personat the various detention centers, including Janjangbureh prison.A close source revealed that the 3 sureties were released from thecustody after meeting the conditions.The matter was adjourned to 8th February, 2016.It could be recalled that the accused person, Mr. Camara, was accusedof publishing and broadcasting false news to a website abroadregarding alleged police bribery and also libel for exposing a policeofficer on the internet. He denied both the charges.